A major front will bring strong storms to the region on Sunday night into Monday with a much colder airmass behind the storms.
Arctic front to bring severe storms, then flurries to North Georgia
MONDAY: A temperature freefall is likely on Monday as an arctic cold front clears the region during the morning. Pre-front temperatures in the upper-50s will plummet into the 30s across the mountains and low/mid-40s in the foothills by afternoon. Strong to severe storms will be moving through early in the day with continuing showers behind them. These showers will mix with, and in many cases, change to snow from west to east from early afternoon through the evening. No accumulations are expected but going from severe storms to snow in 6 hours or so will be impressive.
Winds will be very gusty at 30-35 m.p.h. through the day with isolated higher gusts up to 40 m.p.h. in the higher elevations of the mountains.
A widespread hard freeze is likely overnight with a Freeze Warning in effect for the entire region. If you have planted or moved any sensitive plants outdoors please bring them back in overnight.
TUESDAY: Sunshine will dominate behind the front. Winds will remain gusty at 25-30 m.p.h. and highs will reach only the mid/upper-40s. Another widespread hard freeze is likely into Wednesday morning.
WEDNESDAY: The cold snap will quickly begin to moderate. Expect more sunshine with highs in the the low/mid-50s. We’ll have one last region-wide freeze Wednesday night.
THURSDAY: A dry weather pattern will be settling in with much warmer air. Highs will return well into the 60s under sunny skies.
FRIDAY: From the 40s on Monday back to the 70s on Friday. What a week.
